According to a posting at MelodicRock.com, former WHITE LION frontman Mike Tramp has put together a six-CD box set covering a 10-year period in the singer's life. Mike reached back into his personal collection to put together a collection of rare tracks covering the years 1981 to 1991. Entitled "The Bootleg Series", the ...
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ZYKLON guitarist Samoth (ex-EMPEROR) recently spoke to the Enslaved by Metal webzine about the songwriting process for the group's third album, tentatively due next year via Candlelight Records. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow: On the songwriting process for the new album: Samoth: "Yeah, we're currently writing and rehearsing new material. ...
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METALLICA frontman James Hetfield recently spoke to USA Today about his appreciation for the music of the late "outlaw country" legend Waylon Jennings, who died in February 2002. Hetfield, who was 12 when "Wanted: The Outlaws" came out, says he became a Jennings fan because of the singer's long hair and electric guitars but also ...
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TITANIA (photo), the new band featuring former VIXEN drummer Roxy Petrucci and her sister Maxine, have posted an audio sample of the title cut from their forthcoming self-titled debut album at this location (Windows Media, 1.16 MB). The song includes a special guest appearance by former MR. BIG/DAVID LEE ROTH bassist ...
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According to a posting at KeepOfKalessin.no, "KEEP OF KALESSIN and SATYRICON guitarist Obsidian C. [a.k.a. Arnt 'Sid' Grønbech] has finally won a lawsuit against the guy who broke a bottle in his face during the Inferno Festival earlier this year. The person accused was found guilty in first degree assault and has to ...
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NINE INCH NAILS have apparently set "With Teeth" as the title of their new album, tentatively due in March 2005. The follow-up to 1999's "The Fragile", which previously carried the working title of "Bleedthrough", is currently being mixed with Alan Moulder (THE CURE, SMASHING PUMPKINS) and the final track listing is being discussed and determined, ...
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Münster, Germany-based metalcore act NEAERA have set "The Rising Tide of Oblivion" as the title of their debut album, tentatively due in early 2005 through Metal Blade Records. The CD will be recorded at Stage One Studios in Bühne, Germany in November with producer Andy Classen and will feature 11 songs composed "mostly of (Swedish) ...
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In a recent interview with Rockdetector.com's David Borgioli-Jones, RAGE maniman Peavy Wagner described exactly what happened to guitarist Victor Smolski earlier this year that caused the band to cancel several European shows. An excerpt from the interview follows: Rockdetector.com: How is Victor now? Peavy Wagner: "At first he was really close to death, ...
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EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt has posted the following message regarding the group's abbreviated performance in Recife, Brazil over the weekend: "I just want to give my apologies to everyone who came to the show in Recife to see us play five songs and leave. It was the most painful thing I've ever had to do ...
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Polish death metallers LOST SOUL have inked a deal with the Earache Records subsidiary Wicked World. LOST SOUL have cut their teeth over the course of two demonically-inspired death metal albums of the highest quality, and have recently completed a month-long tour of their homeland with compatriots VADER. The band's upcoming album, "Chaostream", is already ...
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Julio Gomes of The Chronicle-Journal is reporting that an Ontario Court judge gave former SLIK TOXIK bassist Patrick Howarth something of a break last Friday (Oct. 22) after being convinced that the award-winning musician has kicked his addiction and is on the road to a better life. In suspending the passing of a ...
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MEGADETH kicked off their "Blackmail the Universe" headlining tour of North America Saturday night (Oct. 23) at the Reno Hilton in Reno, Nevada. The group's compelte set list for the opening-night performance was as follows: 01. Skin O' My Teeth 02. Wake Up Dead 03. In My Darkest Hour 04. Something I'm Not 05. Reckoning ...
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Female glam metal band VIXEN's self-titled debut album has had its reissue date pushed back to November 16 from the previously announced November 2. VIXEN's follow-up album, "Rev It Up", will be re-released by EMI Music Catalog Marketing on November 2. The two albums have been fully remastered and will be in stores in time ...
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KILL II THIS mainman/guitarist Mark Mynett has posted the following message on the group's web site: "Firstly, an apology for the delay in getting this up, there has been an unbelievable amount of activity and changes being made and it is only now that I can accurately get the relevant details posted… "The album has ...
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Hardcore troopers WALLS OF JERICHO have preserved the brutality of their live show for future generations of moshing masses in their new video for "There's No I In Fuck You!" The video was directed by Kevin Leonard who also shot videos for TERROR, HIMSA and NEVERMORE. The video visualizes the idolatry of rock stars and ...
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Toledo, Ohio-based "stoner-pop-metal" band THE PB ARMY, featuring Infernal Combustion webzine founder Keith Bergman on vocals/drums, have announced a string of dates in November, supporting the likes of TROUBLE, REBREATHER, ABDULLAH, and RED GIANT. The dates are as follows: Nov 17 – Little Brothers, Columbus OH (w/ TROUBLE, TEETH OF THE HYDRA) Nov 18 – ...
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Neil Elkes of Evening Mail reports: The Queen's Head may now be a burnt-out shell of a pub, but it rocked to the cream of Birmingham's music industry during the Sixties and Seventies. LED ZEPPELIN's Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Bonham, SLADE, THE MOVE, Ozzy Osbourne and BLACK SABBATH all cut their ...
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The hard-rocking female glam metal band VIXEN roughed L.A.'s club circuit throughout most of the 1980s before signing with EMI Music in 1987. Known as "the female BON JOVI," VIXEN enjoyed national exposure with the 1998 release of their self-titled debut album and MTV's embrace of the band's first mega-hit, "Edge Of A Broken Heart". ...
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Virginia-based metal band VERACITOR have posted a full-length MP3 of a song called "Warmongers of Discontent" at their official web site. Download the track at this location. The song's lyrics reflect the band's strong support for the war on terror and the war in Iraq. The group's guitarist and lyricist, Mark Rathke, had ...
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COUNCIL OF THE FALLEN, featuring Sean Baxter (ex-BROKEN HOPE) on vocals/bass, will be performing at the Limelight in Myrtle Beach, SC on December 10. Another show on December 11 will be announced soon. The group's touring lineup will consist of the following: Sean Baxter (ex-BROKEN HOPE) - Vocals, Bass Kevin Quirion - Vocals, Guitar Jerry ...
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PROJECT: FAILING FLESH, the new group featuring former VOIVOD/current E-FORCE bassist/vocalist Eric Forrest, Kevin 131 (GARDEN OF SHADOWS, TWISTED TOWER DIRE, BRAVE, WHILE HEAVEN WEPT) and Tim Gutierrez (instruments), have announced the complete track listing for their second full-length CD, "The Conjoined", due in early 2005 through Karmageddon Media. The follow-up to last year's "A ...
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Danish hard rockers STARRATS have entered Whitebranch studio in Hillerød, Denmark to begin recording their sophomore album, tentatively due in early 2005. Nine drum tracks have been recorded thus far, and four more songs, plus a couple of covers, will be tracked in the near future. The upcoming CD will be the follow-up to "Broken ...
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IMMOLATION, CEPHALIC CARNAGE and BODIES LAY BROKEN are the latest acts confirmed for the 2005 edition of the Maryland Deathfest, set to take place May 28-29 at the Thunderdome in Baltimore, MD. Other groups set to appear at the festival include REGURGITATE, BIRDFLESH, ABSCESS, XXX MANIAK and KILL THE CLIENT. For more information, visit
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THE MIGHTY NIMBUS, featuring members of SIXTY WATT SHAMAN and ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY, will release their self-titled debut album on October 25 in Scandinavia, November 1 in the rest of Europe, and February 8 in USA, Canada and Mexico. The CD will be issued through Threeman Recordings (the Swedish label owned by the members of ENTOMBED) ...
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Münster, Germany-based metalcore act NEAERA will enter Stage One Studios in Bühne, Germany in November with producer Andy Classen to record their debut album, tentatively due in early 2005 through Metal Blade Records. "We have taken some time to once more go over one or two passages in the lyrics and over some riffs in ...
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According to The NIN Hotline, MARILYN MANSON confirmed in an interview on the radio station DC101 that former NINE INCH NAILS drummer Chris Vrenna will be playing on MANSON's upcoming "Against All Gods" tour. As previously reported, MARILYN MANSON drummer Ginger Fish was injured when he fell from a raised stage while performing ...
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Sweden's ARCH ENEMY will issue a new EP, "Dead Eyes See No Future", through Century Media Records on November 15 in Europe and November 30 in North America. This record, a mixture of live tracks and cover versions, was initially released in Japan only while the band were touring there a few months ago, and ...
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MARILYN MANSON have announced the first tour dates in support of their "Lest We Forget" "best of" collection, which came out on Tuesday (Sept. 28). The "Against All Gods" American tour will kick off on October 27 in Las Vegas, NV and will run for over a month. The dates are as follows: Oct. 27 ...
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SLAYER were forced to cut their set short in Munich, Germany Monday night (Sept. 27) after frontman Tom Araya lost his voice mid-performance. The following report was e-mailed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET by a web site visitor in Munich: "[The show] started quite good with a lively HATEBREED performance. SLIPKNOT doing a nice show as well. And ...
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MARILYN MANSON have announced plans to embark on a tour in support of their upcoming "Lest We Forget" "best of" collection that will be in stores on September 28. The "Against All Gods" American tour will begin in late October. So far, only one date has been announced: October 27 at the House of Blues ...
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